President Yoon Expected to Make Pitch to Sell Korean Submarines to Canada
This is apparently going to be a major topic during President Yoon’s upcoming summit with Prime Minister Trudeau:
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| The KSS-III Shin Chae-ho / Courtesy of Republic of Korea Navy |
A planned summit between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is prompting speculation over a potential submarine deal between Korea and Canada as Ottawa plans to replace its aging submarines.
Korea Times
Yoon and Trudeau will sit down with each other Wednesday in Seoul to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Trudeau is the first Canadian prime minister to visit Korea in nine years.
During their summit, the leaders are expected to discuss the two countries’ cooperation in national defense, including Canada’s submarine replacement program.
Multiple Canadian news outlets have reported that the Royal Canadian Navy is urging the government to purchase up to 12 new conventionally-powered attack submarines to replace its aging Victoria-class diesel submarines.
Military analysts note that Korea’s KSS-III submarines, Japan’s Taigei-class submarines and Spain’s S-80 Plus class submarines are the perfect fit for the replacement program.
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Well this is not the biggest topic for South Korea and Canada. Another topic is to make Canada the new source of rare earth minerals that South Korea needs to make batteries, and semiconductors, to avoid excessively relying on China, as WELL AS, avoiding US’s IRA bill which is attempting to force South Korean companies to relocate manufacturing to the US for very little benefits. Instead of relocating to the risky US where policies are often changed for the worst when a new administration steps into power, relocating to Canada instead will avoid that geopolitical risk (both the US and China who are unreliable economic partners).
Canada, is a much more civilized country than the US.